I used to think that a smartphone was a waste, all I needed a phone for was texts and calls, but then I got a Smartphone (HTC Desire S) and realised just how useful they are.

In a new town and need to find a particular street, turn on the GPS, fire up Navigator and bob's your weird uncle who's not allowed near the kids.

See something interesting like a nice flower or butterfly, turn on the autofocus 5mp camera and snap away.

Last day of your holiday and you've not sent your Mum a post card, take a nice photo of the Hotel or beach or whatever, fire up the Postcards app, load the photo, add text & your Mum's address and the postcard is posted in the UK same day, it'll get home before you for once.

I have a fifteen squid Nokia phone. I can make phone calls, text, with difficulty (big fingers and worsening eyesight) and listen to the radio if ever I find the tiny headphones that came with it. On occasions I need to hang around waiting I'll play Sudoku on it. It's not a very smart phone but good enough for me.